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8 Ridgmont Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Af

5/2018/0109Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 March 2018

Council decision: DC3 Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use to Class C3 (residential), single storey rear extension, rear dormer window and alterations to openings

Received
15 January 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Peters
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target21 Feb
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 8 Ridgmont Road St Albans Hertfordshire Al1 3Af. St Albans has handled 324 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than St Albans's typical decision time. The site is in the St Albans conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 181 applications across St Peters. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the AL1 postcode area.

55% of amendment applications at St Albans City and District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
AL1 3AF
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2018
Consultation expiry
21 February 2018
Consultation end
21 February 2018
Target decision date
21 February 2018
Application expires
12 March 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 January 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-6655278
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: St Albans - Alma Road and Priory Park
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: St Albans

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